HMRC launches Help for Hustles campaign to help people earning extra income understand their tax obligations. Anyone generating more than £1,000 from their side hustle should check their tax obligations.
Act now: New business grants from Dorset Council. To be eligible, projects must be completed by 28 March 2025. This round will close for applications at 11:59pm on 24 February 2025.
The Wessex area has not been included within the Devolution Priority Programme announced by the Government Wednesday 5 Feb. Council leaders say the announcement is “Extremely disappointing”.
Small businesses across the country will be helped to boost their productivity and efficiency through AI tools set to be trialled – from tech that predicts potholes before they form, to AI models that help farmers make their dairy cows produce greater yields.
Optimism in the FS sector fell at the quickest pace since September 2022, according to the latest CBI Financial Services Survey. That is despite business volumes growing at a faster pace in the quarter to December.